The cover story in this week’s paper version of Unfair Park is a look at Galveston months after Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on Texas’s Gulf Coast. To accompany the piece, Daniel Kramer and editor Monica Fuentes offer this multimedia piece depicting the city as it (barely) stands today. –Patrick Michels…
First off, Unfair Park calls dibs on the movie adaptation of the story of Jorge Gomez Pinto Sr. Just so we’re clear. Because what follows, again courtesy the U.S. Attorney’s Office, is a crisply written tragicomic short story about a restaurant owner who’s due in Fort Worth federal court at…
UPDATE: Our Village Voice sister paper in Palm Beach will be live blogging from the game tonight. Pop Quiz: A) I’m jazzed about tonight’s BCS National Championship Game, pitting the two best teams in college football this season. B) I’m mildy interested, even though I think Southern Cal, Texas and Utah…
The next production at the Dallas Theater Center, In the Beginning (opening January 21), also marks the start of a new era for actors at the 50-year-old playhouse. It will be the first production to star all of the members of artistic director Kevin Moriarty’s new nine-member resident acting company:…
Not every day you get a press release about an law firm being sentenced in federal court. But such a missive just arrived in the Unfair Park in-box courtesy the U.S. Attorney’s Office concerning yesterday’s sentencing of Trey Allen, P.C., the Firm Formerly Known as The Law Office of John…
If you’re a “tactical knife enthusiast,” then you’ll take particular interest in a federal class-action lawsuit filed yesterday against Wal-Mart, Cabela’s, Academy Sports & Outdoors, Dicks Sporting Goods and others retailers. Four folks, including one from Mesquite, are represented by Dallas attorney Allen Stewart, and in court documents they claim…
Jon Collins, the director responsible for the great Doug Burr’s new “Should’ve Known” video, today posted this promo for the Dallas Derby Devils. And, bless him, he’s used Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ “Bad Reputation,” which always reminds me of Freaks and Geeks’ title credits — and, now, roller girls…
This must have been what Ed Sullivan felt like when he introduced a guy named Elvis Presley. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the one, the only … Jim … Schuuuuuuutze! … O.K., this is my first time over here on Sportatorium, and I’m feeling kind of insecure…
First, you pick something short and out of the way — like, oh, I dunno, Shepherd Road, near Forest Lane and Greenville Avenue. Then you name it for a pastor who, in 2007, got a post office named for him, courtesy Pete Sessions’ bill two years earlier. (It’s for either…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends a heads-up for those with an hour to kill this morning: Dallas Independent Superintendent Michael Hinojosa will sit for a chitchat beginning at 9 a.m. with Fernando Romano of Dallas iMedia Network. If you’ve got any questions for the super, you can send ’em…
Flickr photo: Wednesday181 It was but a month ago that Neiman Marcus president and CEO Burt Tansky insisted that sooner than later, the “aspirational shopper” and “loyal customer” would once again stroll through the store’s doors with money to burn. At the time, the Dallas-based high-end retailer was reporting an…
Say what you will about Russ Martin – and, believe me, I’ve said a lot – the guy deserves credit for keeping his Listeners Foundation up and running even though his gig at Live 105.3 got axed. In keeping with a promise he made upon establishing the foundation after 9/11,…
“Night and Day,” December 25 How I Loves Ya I understand that Jesse Hughey was trying to be funny in regards to his blurb in the Night & Day section regarding the Backdoor Comedy Club’s New Year’s Eve show. What he failed to realize is that it’s impossible to show…
Batty: Three days before Christmas, The Dallas Morning News gave its former parent company, Belo Corp., an early gift by editorializing on behalf of building a publicly owned $525 million convention center hotel. (We say “former parent” because last year Belo spun off its newspaper biz to a new company…
At the edge of the Commerce Street bridge, a sign at the city’s Trinity Outlook encourages passersby to “watch our progress.” But on this 77-degree day in early January, any signs of progress in the more than 10 years since voters approved $246 million for the Trinity River Corridor Project…
Sean Penn did not patrol Galveston’s streets in an airboat. Kanye West didn’t offer unscripted barbs about George Bush’s opinion of black people on live television. Since Galveston has no native-born analogues to people like Dr. John or Harry Connick Jr., there were no televised musical specials. Glen Campbell’s “Galveston”…
A good Friend of Unfair Park says I missed something while perusing this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated: the magazine’s poll of 190 NBA players. In it, the question was, “Which is the most overrated team in the NBA?” I think you can see where this is headed. Answers after…
During this morning’s White House press briefing, press secretary Dana Perino laid out George Bush’s plans for January 20, which don’t involve heading directly to Dallas:President Bush will depart from Andrews Air Force Base and head to Midland, Texas, where he will participate in a welcome home event in Centennial…
Been a long time since I came to you with good Cowboys’ news, but I just received this email from the team: The Dallas Cowboys announced the release of cornerback Adam Jones today. The transaction will be made official on February 9th which is the first day that NFL…
Two years ago, Antonio Swad was all but considered a traitor to the red, white and blue when the Dallas-based pizza man started accepting pesos at Pizza Patrón locations in the DFW. Man got death threats, for God’s sakes, even as former Dallas Observer writer Rob Walker was detailing the…
With the exception of strolling over to Schutze’s office, it’s hard to find anyone in the media willing to criticize Mayor Tom, but Advocate publisher Rick Wamre is quickly rising up Leppert’s naughty list, and his blog yesterday on Back Talk might vault him up to the top spot. While…
Over on DC9, some required reading in advance of the Loco Gringos reunion Saturday night at the Lakewood Bar & Grill. Jeff Liles, whose weekly “Echoes & Reverberations” pieces are my favorite items on any Observer blog, has assembled quite the local all-star cast (Jim Heath, Mike Dillon, Tex Edwards,…
